PFH2561409: Burma / Myanmar: Pagodas at Sagaing seen from the Irrawaddy / Ayeyarwady River, near Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561411: Yemen: Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi (1956-2004), Zaidi religious leader and instrumental figure in the Houthi movement in 2004 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561423: Sri Lanka: Detail of a carved wooden pillar in the Kataragama Temple, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561429: Sri Lanka: Detail of a carved wooden pillar in the Embekke Temple, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561445: Indonesia: Hamengkubuwono VII (also spelled Hamengkubuwana VII, 1839-1921), seventh sultan of Yogyakarta, reigning from December 22, 1877 to January 29, 1921. Kassian Cephas, c. 1880, Cephas, Kassian (1845-1912) / Bridgeman Images

STC2562210: A Study for Sterne's Maria, 1833 (hand-coloured engraving), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

STC2562212: The Lads of the Ocean, 1805 (hand-coloured engraving), Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) & George (1792-1878) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562230: Thailand: Gold leaf and flowers left by devotees on the foot of the giant standing Buddha at Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562235: Vietnam: Traditional woodblock Hang Trong painting from the Hang Trong and Hang Non streets of Old Hanoi's 36 Streets District / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562250: Malaysia: Illuminated first pages to the Hikayat Isma Yatim, late 18th-early 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562253: Thailand: 'Siamese Women', from Henri Mouhot, 'Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos', London, 1864 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562255: Thailand: 'Portrait of Krom Luang Wongsa Dhiraj Snid, one of the brothers of King Mongkut', from Henri Mouhot, 'Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos', London, 1864 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562270: Vietnam: A jungle memorial to Ho Chi Minh, Cu Chi, South Vietnam, Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) (1969) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562282: Nepal: Prayer ceremony at Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple), Kathmandu Valley / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562288: Sri Lanka: The courtyard of the fortress Jaffnapatnam in Ceylon, with warehouses and church. C. Steiger, mid 18th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562294: Nepal: Worshippers at a European-style statue, originally from the old Rana Palace, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562295: Vietnam: Vietnamese use a B52 bomb crater to wash and do their laundry, Cu Chi, South Vietnam, Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) (1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562296: Nepal: Worshippers at a European-style statue, originally from the old Rana Palace, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH2562310: Nepal: The Hindu god Hanuman, devotee of Rama, Gokama, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561594: Russia / Soviet Union: Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), Polish-born revolutionary, Soviet statesman, founder and director of the CHEKA secret police, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561602: Russia / Soviet Union: Front cover of issue 6 of the English language version of The Communist International, published October, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561604: Georgia / Russia / Soviet Union: Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (1899-1953), Marshal of the Soviet Union, head of the NKVD under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years (1946-53) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561608: Thailand: Children fishing, Lamai Beach, Ko Samui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561626: Thailand: Na Muang Waterfall 2, Samui Highlands, Ko Samui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561644: Thailand: Naga staircase leading to the giant seated Buddha at Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple), Hat Bangrak (Bangrak Beach), Ko Samui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561648: Thailand: A young Thai woman prepares to press gold leaf on a Buddha statue at Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple), Hat Bangrak (Bangrak Beach), Ko Samui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561660: UK / England: Diagram showing the earth's orbit around the sun, by George Adams, the Younger (1750-1795), English optician and science writer, from his Astronomical and Geographical Essays (1790) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561661: UK / Great Britain: John Harrison (1693-1776), inventor of the marine chronometer, a device used for measuring longitude. Mezzotint (half-tone) print, Peter Joseph Tassaert, 1768 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561663: Burma / Myanmar: The teak wood Bagaya Monastery (Bagaya Kyaung), Inwa (Ava), Mandalay Region / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561666: Burma / Myanmar: Ananda Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561673: Cambodia: Buddha, Wat Nokor Bayon, Banteay Prey Nokor, Kompong Cham / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561677: Cambodia: Wat Nokor Bayon, Banteay Prey Nokor, Kompong Cham / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561682: Germany: Volkswagen Bay Window Tipper commercial vehicle, c. 1960 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561685: Germany: Ferdinand Porsche and Adolf Hitler examine a prototype model of the Volkswagen Beetle, 1935 / Bridgeman Images

SBL2562068: Vajrasattva, Mandala, depicting the self created tantric Buddha without any beginning or end in an eternal embrace with prajna wisdom (gouache on cloth), Nepalese School / Bridgeman Images

SBL2562070: Chakrasambhara Mandala, depicting the main deity Sambhara embracing his consort Vajrabarahi symbolising the union of wisdom and practice to attain supreme bliss (gouache on cloth), Nepalese School / Bridgeman Images